Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
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Kes on Ameerika Ühendriikide suurim seaduslik elukutseline maadleja? Kuidas
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April
Tom Hyer võitis American Bare Knuckle prizefighting meistrivõistlused 1841. Nagu enamik auhinnavõitluse meistreid
The Thirteenth Guest (1932) is the film version of an Armitage Trail story. Monogram Pictures released the early “B” film (affiliate link) starring Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot. Ginger Rogers was only 21 at the time but would go on to great stardom as Fred Astaire’s most regular dance partner. Lyle Talbot made a living through most of the late
On September 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. Louis. At the Cheltenham stop, Frisco brakeman Sam Robertson and former brakeman Muncie Ray also boarded. The men boarded the train with the intent of robbing the train at Sandy Cut, two miles east of Pacific, MO. When the train got close
My daughter Caity is 21 years old this week. It is a bittersweet birthday because my baby girl isn’t my baby girl anymore. I am so proud of the young woman she has become but as she grew up I regretted not being able to pick her up, wipe her tears and make the “small hurts” go away. Caity came
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. Aasta jaanuaris 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to
Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) (affiliate link) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a
William Desmond nabiti paljud vargad ajal tema 17 aastal karjääri St. Louis Chief of detektiivid. Ta on välja töötatud üleriigilise maine “Thief võtja”. Esmaspäeval, Oktoober 15, 1900, Chief Desmond nabiti püksid varas, kuid mitte varas ise. Jonas Washington sisestatud õuel Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
Sam McVey väsinud võimaluste puudumine must võitlejad United States ajal kahekümnenda sajandi alguses. McVey otsustas jätta Euroopale 1907, kus ta võitles kuni 1911. McVey võidelnud Austraalias veel kolm aastat naasid Ameerika Ühendriigid. See lühike highlight film Prantsusmaalt 1911 koos “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
August 31, 1901, Öövaht William Doherty avastas Willis Garner burglarizing kontoris Schickle, Harrison ja Howard Raud Company 912 S. Kaheteistkümnes Street St. Louis, Missouri. Raud töötas ettevõttes Garner, kes viskas lööki Doherty pea. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Oktoobril 6, 1890, local barbers Luther Duncan and Bob Henderson stepped out on to N. 11th Street to settle a quarrel. This area of St. Louis was known as “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop houses and the toughest African-Americans saloon in the city, Starkes’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in